图片：AFP

全球市场研究集团益普索（Ipsos）官网网站报道称，益普索最新民调结果显示，美国人越来越担心通胀问题。由于对美国经济衰退的担忧持续存在，50%的受访者表示，生活成本是他们最关心的问题。全文摘编如下：

Our monthly What Worries the World polling finds the majority of Americans think things in their country are on the wrong track these days (63% in July 2024, up from 58% who said the same five years ago in July 2019) and that the current economic situation in their country is bad (56% in July 2024 versus 43% who said the same in July 2019).

益普索7月的月度“世界关心”民意调查发现，大多数美国人（63%）认为美国现在走上了错误的轨道（高于2019年7月的58%），56%的受访者认为美国目前的经济形势很糟糕（2019年7月为43%）。

And the stickiness of inflation continues to stick in the minds of the American people. 50% of Americans now say inflation is a top concern for their country, up five percentage points year-over-year. It’s key to note the CPI is set to be up cumulatively by just over 20% since 2020 by the end of this year and daily staples like the food-at-home category is on pace to have soared almost 28% over the past five years

通货膨胀持续困扰美国民众。50%的美国人表示，通货膨胀是美国最关心的问题，同比上升5个百分点。值得注意的是，预计到今年年底，消费者物价指数（CPI）自2020年累计上涨幅度将高于20%，而家庭食品等主要日用品价格在过去五年或将飙升近28%。

“I think the key thing that has been suppressing consumer sentiment has been inflation,” says Chris Jackson, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs for Ipsos in the US. “The cost of living has been a real drag for people. … Inflation has been the thing that’s front and center and what really dominates Americans’ minds, in particular, is those costs that they see regularly, like when they go and fill up their car at the gas station every week.”

益普索美国公共事务高级副总裁克里斯·杰克逊（Chris Jackson）表示：“我认为抑制消费者信心的主要因素是通货膨胀。生活成本对美国人来说是真正的负担……通胀一直是首要和核心的问题，真正困扰美国人思想的是他们经常看到的成本，比如他们每周给车加油的时候。”

While inflation is down the cost of everything, from hot dogs to houses, soared during and after the pandemic while one’s wages didn’t necessarily keep up. Plus, the Fed has kept key interest rates at 5.25% to 5.5% for now, meaning the ultimate cost (including borrowing money for big-ticket purchases) remains quite high for many consumers.

虽然通胀率有所下降，但经过疫情后，从热狗到房子，所有商品的价格都在飙升，而人们的工资却不一定跟得上物价上涨速度。此外，美联储目前将基准利率维持在5.25%至5.5%，这意味着许多消费者的最终成本（包括购买大件商品的借贷成本）仍然相当高。